Ground will be broken Aug. 29 on a 46,000-square-foot football operations building that will include meeting rooms, locker rooms, weight rooms, a training room, nutrition room and offices for coaches. A Green and Gold game is scheduled for later that same day at BBVA Compass Field.

There will be two outdoor practice fields and a covered practice field for inclement weather.

Hatton Smith, CEO emeritus of Royal Cup Inc., is chairman of a task force to raise money for new facilities.